Neato Botvac 70e Review

Neato Botvac 70e Review

&nbsp; &nbsp; In Neato’s Botvac line, there are three models - the 70e, the 75, and the 80. The 70e is the cheapest of the three, but that doesn’t mean that it’s weak, incomplete, or anything of that nature. On this page, we’ll review the 70e. Click here for our review of the 75, or click here for our review of the 80. The 70e is the barebones Botvac, but because it’s made by Neato, even the “barebones” version comes packed to the brim with features. We’ll go over them below, and then we’ll tell you what it lacks compared&hellip;

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Summary : It’s the “barebones” model of the Botvac series, It has everything that you’d expect from a robotic vacuum and it can see in the dark. The only real downside of it is the fact that its filter isn’t HQ and it doesn’t have a specialized brush for pet hair.

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In Neato’s Botvac line, there are three models – the 70e, the 75, and the 80. The 70e is the cheapest of the three, but that doesn’t mean that it’s weak, incomplete, or anything of that nature.

The 70e is the barebones Botvac, but because it’s made by Neato, even the “barebones” version comes packed to the brim with features. We’ll go over them below, and then we’ll tell you what it lacks compared to the 75 and 80 – if you want a summary, you can just skip to the end of the page.

Let’s begin!

Neato Botvac 70e features

The given ones

When we say “given”, we mean that any robotic vacuum worth its salt has them. But we’ll list them anyways to give you a broad scope of the product.

You can schedule the 70e to run at certain times on certain days, meaning that you can have it running when you’re not doing anything important or you’re having “family time”

The unit has a run time of about a half hour. It’s very unlikely that your entire place will be clean with just 30 minutes worth of work – if the 70e isn’t finished yet, it’ll charge itself up and then resume where it left off

Can move across multiple rooms and can handle almost any surface (hardwood, rug, tile etc.)

It’s a bin instead of a bag, meaning that you don’t have to deal with buying new bags every couple of months

The not-so-given ones

Okay, now that the boring stuff is out of the way, let’s move onto what sets the Neato 70e apart from the competition.

XL bin

Because of the 70e’s square design, Neato can fit in a larger dirt bin. This might not seem like a big deal… but if you want your robotic vacuum to truly do the work all on its own, then it’s essential.

Neato Botvac 70e

Let’s suppose that you have a standard-sized house… but a small dirt bin. This means that in order to clean the house fully, you have to manually clean the bin out a few times.

This isn’t efficient. It’s annoying for you to do, and the vacuum doesn’t run while it’s waiting for you to empty the bin. This could mean your cleaning sessions turns from a quick job to a lengthy process.

Get the bigger dirt bin and remove that manual work.

Doesn’t hit the small stuff

Almost all robotic vacuums can avoid walls. That’s because walls are massive… any rudimentary technology can detect a solid block of mass in front of it.

Where some robotic vacuums struggle is with the smaller stuff like toys, wires, etc. The 70e can avoid even the smallest of objects – there’s even a picture of it on Amazon avoiding some sort of children’s board game.

Can see in the dark

Other robotic vacuums can’t, so if they’re under furniture or cleaning at night, they do a horrific job.

The 70e isn’t like that. It can “see in the dark” with its sensors, so it cleans just as well in daylight or darkness.

Calculated movements

When you vacuum, do you go in random directions throughout the room? Or do you do clean in a calculated fashion, dividing the room into even rows?

You probably divide it into rows. It’s faster. So does the 70e. This makes for a controlled, precise clean, and not an out-of-control robot that takes forever to get the job done.

50% larger brush (it’s powerful)

Neato does things big. The brush is 50% larger than on other comparable models, and it can truly dislodge dirt from your floors. It might even dislodge dirt that you didn’t know was there – one reviewer claimed he realized he was “living in filth” after letting the 70e loose on his house.

What it doesn’t have

Vacuums work by pulling air and dirt in one side, and then depositing just the air out of the other side. It removes the dirt with a filter – similar to how only water would get through your spaghetti strainer, only air gets through a HQ filter.

The 70e doesn’t have a HQ filter, which means that a microscopic amount of dust and pet hair won’t be removed. Instead, it’ll be thrown back up into the air.

This isn’t a big deal… unless you have severe allergies to dust, or pets. If you have either of those, you should consider upgrading to the 75 or 80, both of which have HQ filters. (For reference, HQ filters are called HEPA filters.)

Lacks a combo brush

Neato includes a basic brush that will handle everything visible to the human eye. But just like an ordinary filter might miss some pet hair, the regular brush will miss some pet hair, too.

It’s not because the brush included is bad, necessarily… it’s because pet hair is one of the most difficult things to pick up. If the normal brush hits it with enough force, it will fly up, out of the 70e’s vacuuming range. By the time it settles, the robot will have already moved on.

It’s not a big deal if you don’t have pets. But if you do, you may want to consider the 75 or 80.

Neato Botvac 70e Summary

It’s the “barebones” model of the Botvac series, meaning it’s the cheapest and it has the fewest features

The only real downside of it is the fact that its filter isn’t HQ and it doesn’t have a specialized brush for pet hair

It has everything else that you’d expect from a robotic vacuum, and then some

The unit and all of its accessories sells on Amazon, and you can purchase it by clicking here